Chris Korte's New Zealand Genealogy Project
Shannon Cemetery, Shannon, Horowhenua District, Manawatu, New Zealand
Latitude: -40.54776124870757, Longitude: 175.40054755374967 | Click to get directions to Shannon Cemetery
Notes:
The first interment took place in 1893, making it the Horowhenua District's third oldest cemetery and continues to be used on a regular basis by local families as the resting place for departed loved ones. The Cemetery has colonial charm with its rustic stone pillars and historic graves with many prominent early settlers from the Shannon area buried in the Cemetery.
Headstones
| Thumb | Description | Status | Location | Name (Died/Buried) | 
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Headstone - Bill and Lil Trueman TRUEMAN. Treasured memories of Alfred William (Bill), 1.4.1904 - 3.3.1978; and Lillian Charlotte Ruby (Lil), 4.5.1913 - 25.3.2004; loved father and mother of Grace, Clara, Pearl, late Frederick, Josephine, David and Maureen; a loved Granddad and Nana; together again as one, Gone but not forgotten. |
Block: General, Row: G, Plot: 39 | Lilian Charlotte Ruby McPHERSON (d. 25 Mar 2004)
Alfred William TRUEMAN (d. 03 Mar 1978) |
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Headstone - Edna Butters In loving memory of Edna, beloved daughter of Wm. and Catherine Butters, died Feb 5 1921 aged 1 year and 8 months. |
Block: General, Row: B, Plot: 65 | Edna BUTTERS (d. 05 Feb 1921)
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Headstone - Edna Butters - Closer view In loving memory of Edna, beloved daughter of Wm. and Catherine Butters, died Feb 5 1921 aged 1 year and 8 months. |
Block: General, Row: B, Plot: 65 | Edna BUTTERS (d. 05 Feb 1921)
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Headstone - Frederick W E Trueman Frederick William Ernest Trueman (Freddy), 31.7.1942 - 14.6.1945, 2 years 11 months, loved son of Lil and Bill, loved brother of Grace, Clara and Pearl. "Safe in the arms of Jesus" |
Block: General, Row: D, Plot: 42 | Frederick William Ernest TRUEMAN (d. 14 Jun 1945)
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Headstone - Herbert and Kathleen Kilminster In loving memory of Herbert James Kilminster, beloved husband of Kathleen, died 18th July 1987 aged 86 years; and Kathleen Kilmister, beloved wife of Herbert, died 4th May 2009 aged 96 years. |
Block: Ashes, Row: A, Plot: 12 | Kathleen BUTTERS (d. 04 May 2009)
Herbert James Nicholas KILMISTER (d. 18 Jul 1987) |
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Headstone - Marry A Butters In Loving Memory of Mary Annie, the Beloved Wife of W.A. Butters, Who Died July 31 1911, Aged 55 Years "Though Lost To Sight, To Memory Ever Dear" |
Block: General, Row: A, Plot: 50 | Mary Anna MIST (d. 31 Jul 1911)
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Headstone - Mary A Butters - Close view In Loving Memory of Mary Annie, the Beloved Wife of W.A. Butters, Who Died July 31 1911, Aged 55 Years "Though Lost To Sight, To Memory Ever Dear" |
Block: General, Row: A, Plot: 50 | Mary Anna MIST (d. 31 Jul 1911)
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All Burials
| # | Last Name, Given Name(s) | Buried | Person ID | |
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| 1. |  BRODERSEN, Henry Iver |
bur. 28 May 1946 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand  | I9441 |
| 2. | BUTTERS, Edna |
bur. 07 Feb 1921 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I12573 |
| 3. | BUTTERS, Kathleen |
bur. 29 May 2009 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I12569 |
| 4. | KILMISTER, Herbert James Nicholas |
d. 18 Jul 1987 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I12570 |
| 5. | McPHERSON [Lil], Lilian Charlotte Ruby |
bur. 29 Mar 2004 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I13350 |
| 6. | MIST, Mary Anna |
bur. 02 Aug 1911 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I1742 |
| 7. | TRUEMAN [William or Bill], Alfred William |
bur. 06 Mar 1978 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I12594 |
| 8. | TRUEMAN, Frederick William Ernest |
bur. 15 Jun 1945 | Shannon, Manawatu, New Zealand | I13354 |
